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Where is “Glory to God in the highest” in the Bible?
“Glory to God in the highest” is Luke 2:14. A crowd of angels says it to shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus is born.
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The verse, who says it, and what it means there.
In the Bible
It is Luke 2:14.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
A crowd of angels says it to shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus is born.
The verse
All at once there was with the angel a vast crowd of heaven’s army, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people in whom he delights!”
Luke 2:13-14 · open the chapter →
What it means there
The song has two halves: glory to God in heaven, and peace on earth for people. The Latin for the first words, “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” gave its name to a hymn churches have sung for centuries.
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Where is “Glory to God in the highest” in the Bible?
“Glory to God in the highest” is Luke 2:14. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. A crowd of angels says it to shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus is born.
Is “Glory to God in the highest” in the Bible?
Yes. It is Luke 2:14. In the Lumin Translation, Luke 2:13-14 reads: “All at once there was with the angel a vast crowd of heaven’s army, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people in whom he delights!””
Who said “Glory to God in the highest”?
A crowd of angels says it to shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus is born.
What does “Glory to God in the highest” mean in the Bible?
The song has two halves: glory to God in heaven, and peace on earth for people. The Latin for the first words, “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” gave its name to a hymn churches have sung for centuries.
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